British Standard Institute

British Standards National standards involving lest methods, specifications for quality, safety, performance, etc., and codes of practice. Standards are prepared by the British Standards Institution. Ref. British Standards Year Book. 

Obtainable from the British Standards Institution, British Standards House, 2 Park St., London, W. 1. 

A. Tewarson, "Heat Release and Surface Flame Spread," lEC TC 89-WG8 Meeting, British Standards Institution, London, Oct. 1992. 

Method of Testfor the Ignitability of Upholstered Compositesfor Seating, British Standard 5852 part 2, British Standards Institute, London, 1983. 

British StandardBS4341, British Standards Institute, Milton, Keynes, 1968. 

Instrument Society of America 400 Stanwix Street Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222 Standards l ibrary for Measurement and Control, 12th ed., 1994. Instmmentation standards and recommended practices abstracted from those of 19 societies, the U.S. Government, the Canadian Standards Association, and the British Standards Institute. Covers control instmments, including rotameters, aimunciators, transducers, thermocouples, flow meters, and pneumatic systems (see... 

United Kingdom BSI, BS, British Standards Institution, 2 Park Street, London W1 A 2BS, England. 

M. L. Rajgarhia, Ground Mica, Mica Manufacturing Co., Private Ltd., Calcutta, India, 1987, p. 30 British Standards, British Standards Institute, London. 

Gaseous Fuels, Coal and Coke," MnnualBook ofMSTMStandards Vol. 5.05, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, Pa., pubhshed aimuaHy British Standards 1016, parts 1—16, British Standards Institute, London, pubhshed aimuaHy. 

Vessel Codes Other Than ASME Different design and construction rules are used in other countries. Chemical engineers concerned with pressure vessels outside the United States must become familiar with local pressure-vessel laws and regulations. Boilers and Pressure Vessels, an international survey of design and approval requirements published by the British Standards Institution, May-lands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, in 1975, gives pertinent information for 76 political jurisdic tions. 

Smithells Metals Referenee Book, 7th edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992 (for data on steels). British Standards Institution, BS 5400,1980 Steel, Conerete and Composite Bridges. Part 10 Code of Praetiee for Fatigue. 

British Standards Institution, Code of Practice for Cathodic Protection, London 1973. 

Regulatory and advisory bodies publish methods for ambient air analysis sueh as those issued by the British Standards Institute and the US Environment Proteetion Ageney (Tables 10.24 and 10.25, respeetively). Methods for assessment of workplace air are published by the Health and Safety Exeeutive. Some of these are generie methods (Table 10.26) whilst others are eompound speeifie (Table 10.27). Examples of other offieial methods for monitoring workplaee air quality are those published by the British Standards Institute (Table 10.28), and the US National Institute of Oeeupational Safety and Health (Table 10.29). Table 10.30 provides additional guidanee on analytieal teehniques for a seleetion of substanees. 

Values of Cp for simple building geometries may be obtained from the British Standards Institution or from Liddament. The following relationship between wind incident angle a, building side ratio, and average surface pressure coefficient is based on the database developed by Swami and Chandra ... 

B.S. 5925. 1980. Code of Practice for Design of Buildings Ventilation Principles and Designing for Natural Ventilation. British Standards Institution, London. 

BS Code of Practice CPS. 1972. Chapter V Loading, part 2 Wind loads. British Standards Institution, London. 

BS EN ISO 5167-1 1997. Measurement of Fluid Flow by Means of Pressure Differential Devices Orifice Plates, Nozzles and Venturi Tubes Inserted in Circular Cross-section Conduits Running Full. British Standards Institution, 1997. 

BS ISO TR 7066-1 1997. Assessment of Uncertainty in Calibration and Use of Flow Measurement Devices Linear Calibration Relationships. British Standards Institution, 1997. 

BSI (British Standards Institution) BS 7244. 1990. Flame Arresters for General Use. British Standards Institution, London, England, UK. 

To assist manufactures and suppliers attain the required level of health and safety, the Health and Safety Commission have commenced approving standards laid down by such bodies as the British Standards Institution. 

Commentary on corrosion at bimetallic contacts and its alleviation , British Standards Institute, PD6484 (1979), confirmed August (1984)... 

British Standards Institution Surgical Implants, Specification Numbers BS7251 to BS 7254, London (1990-93)... 

A wide range of cast and wrought alloys is available. For detailed expositions of properties and uses the reader is referred to publications on many specialised aspects obtainable from the Copper Development Association offices in various countries. Relevant publications of the British Standards Institution include BS 1400, Copper Alloy Ingots and Castings and BS 2870-5, Copper and Copper Alloy Wrought Products. All standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials relating to copper and copper alloys are included in a volume published annually ... 

Data extracted from BS 499 Part 1 (1965). Complete copies of this standard can be obtained from The British Standards Institution, Information Department, Linford Wood, Milton Keynes, MK 14 6 LE. 

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